OCZ's RevoDrive Hybrid Mixes HDD, SSD And PCIe To Create Face-Meltingly Fast Speeds
OCZ's RevoDrive Hybrid Mixes HDD, SSD And PCIe To Create Face-Meltingly Fast Speeds
Posted 08/31/2011 at 11:12am
| by Brad Chacos
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If you’re looking for the blazing-fast read/write speeds of a solid state drive combined with the massive storage capacities of traditional models, OCZ just announced a hybrid drive with your name on it. The RevoDrive Hybrid does more than just mash-up a 100GB SSD and a 1TB HDD, it also tosses PCIe transfer technology into the mix, allowing it to achieve data transfer speeds much faster than the SATA-sporting Seagate hybrids on the market.
How fast is fast? OCZ claims the RevoDrive Hybrid achieves 910MB/s sequential read rates and 120,000 IOPS with 4K random writes. A large part of that efficiency comes courtesy of the software packed into the hard drive. We’ll let OCZ explain it:
The drive comes bundled with Dataplex caching software which dynamically manages the use of the 100GB SSD with the 1TB HDD for superior overall storage performance. This combination creates an environment where the most frequently used "hot" data stays on the ultra-fast SSD, while the "cold" data remains on the larger capacity HDD. Advanced caching algorithms learn user behavior and adapt storage policies to ensure optimal performance for each individual user, maximizing productivity for the most demanded programs and applications.
Sounds pretty spiffy. If the RevoDrive Hybrid strikes your fancy, you can pick one up for $500. To help sweeten the pot, it's backed by a three year warranty.
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OS-Wiz
September 01, 2011 at 7:32am
Whether or not this hybrid will speed things up for you is highly dependent on how well the "Advanced caching algorithms learn user behavior and adapt storage policies to ensure optimal performance for each individual user" works, e.g. it will speed up 'boot to desktop' times if the tasks required are caused to be permenently resident on the SSD. Same for Game maps, etc.
somethingelse
September 01, 2011 at 7:30am
So this Dataplex chaching software...is it firmware built into the drive or software that has to be installed on the PC? And if does have to be installed, is there a Linux version? The idea of installing additional software for a storage device kinda turns me off.
zepontiff
August 31, 2011 at 4:50pm
I really don't like the price on this thing but love the idea.
100gb ssd and 1TB hdd should only set you back ~$200 these days. And if one needs replacing can we do that ourselves or have to get a whole new one?
Still waiting on the DIY option like the expresscache thing Diskeeper has been working on before i jump to SSD. Any new on if that is still just for OEMs?
Blakksheap
August 31, 2011 at 3:12pm
To refer to a piece of hardware as sexy means that you intend to have sex with it. It's a nice piece of hardware, mind you, but not worthy of sexual molestation.
Coldrage
August 31, 2011 at 1:37pm
Megabits are still widely used when selling broadband servies as one example...
It's exciting to see all this technology going ahead (and getting cheaper), I'm still using core 2 duo and 3 x 1TB HDDs.
zepontiff
August 31, 2011 at 4:44pm
You people need to go back to school and learn the diff between bits and bytes.
Hard drive throughput is always measured in bytes. Internet speeds in bits. No way is an internet connection going to come even close to the throughput level of a hard drive.
8 bits per BYTE. duh. That's why your 50mbps internet connection downloads at ~6MB/s
JonInVA
August 31, 2011 at 11:49am
Shouldn't "910Mbps" actually be "910MBps" (capital B for bytes instead of bits)? The Vertex 3 can do around 550 MBps, which is 4400 Mbps, no?
blkpanthr
September 01, 2011 at 8:44am
Hard drive thougput is ALWAYS expressed in MB/s. Always.
The article says 910MB/s which is correct. Perhaps they fixed it.
Marthian
August 31, 2011 at 1:23pm
As far as I know, I don't see a lot of people referring to megabits anymore. So I think its Megabytes.
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